This elevated position, roughly 29 metres north to south and 46 metres east to west, would have provided the castle’s occupants with clear sightlines in all directions; a strategic advantage that made this hillock an ideal defensive location. About a kilometre to the east-northeast lies Foyran church, whilst a wayside cross can be found just 73 metres to the west-northwest, placing the castle within a network of medieval sites that once dotted this landscape.

Today, the castle exists only as fragmentary remains, making it challenging to interpret its original layout or purpose. The most substantial surviving feature is a mortared wall, roughly 90 centimetres thick, built against the face of a natural cliff on the southern side of the hill. This wall now rises only about 50 centimetres above the hill’s edge, accompanied by scattered stone piles that hint at the structure’s former extent. Faint traces of earthen banks can be detected running along the upper edges of the hill, particularly from east to northeast and from north-northwest to northwest, possibly marking the castle’s original perimeter. Just south of the hill, a relatively level area outlined by field walls may have served as an enclosure or bawn associated with the castle, measuring approximately 21 by 22 metres.

The site has undergone significant changes over the centuries, with modern development encroaching on the medieval remains. A roadway now runs along the northern foot of the hill, where the hillside has been quarried, and extensive gravel extraction has taken place on both sides of the road to the northeast. Interestingly, two finely dressed stone corbels from the medieval castle have found new life as decorative elements atop a gatepost leading to what was once a farmyard southeast of the castle wall. The castle’s absence from the 1657 Down Survey maps suggests it may have already fallen into ruin by that time, leaving us with these tantalising fragments of what was once a formidable defensive structure overlooking the Westmeath countryside.